Merge with 4.0.16

BitKeeper/etc/ignore:
  auto-union
BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok:
  auto-union
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mysqldump.result:
  Delete: mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mysqldump.test:
  Delete: mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-compile-netware-max:
  Delete: netware/BUILD/compile-netware-max
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-compile-netware-max-debug:
  Delete: netware/BUILD/compile-netware-max-debug
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-compile-netware-src:
  Delete: netware/BUILD/compile-netware-src
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-knetware.imp:
  Delete: netware/BUILD/knetware.imp
BUILD/compile-pentium-valgrind-max:
  Auto merged
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mini_client.cc~8677895ec8169183:
  Auto merged
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql:
  Auto merged
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-openssl.imp:
  Delete: netware/BUILD/openssl.imp
acinclude.m4:
  Auto merged
SSL/cacert.pem:
  Auto merged
SSL/client-cert.pem:
  Auto merged
SSL/server-cert.pem:
  Auto merged
client/mysqlbinlog.cc:
  Auto merged
extra/resolveip.c:
  Auto merged
heap/hp_test2.c:
  Auto merged
include/my_global.h:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0mysql.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0sel.c:
  Auto merged
libmysql/libmysql.def:
  Auto merged
libmysqld/examples/Makefile.am:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_check.c:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_test2.c:
  Auto merged
myisam/myisamdef.h:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/fulltext_multi.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/fulltext_order_by.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/select.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/user_var.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/std_data/rpl_loaddata2.dat:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/select.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/user_var.test:
  Auto merged
mysys/mf_dirname.c:
  Auto merged
scripts/make_win_src_distribution.sh:
  Auto merged
sql/des_key_file.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/log.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/repl_failsafe.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/slave.h:
  Auto merged
sql-bench/crash-me.sh:
  Auto merged
sql-bench/server-cfg.sh:
  Auto merged
sql-bench/test-insert.sh:
  Auto merged
sql-bench/test-transactions.sh:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_load.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_select.cc:
  Auto merged
support-files/mysql.server.sh:
  Auto merged
client/mysqltest.c:
  Merge with 4.0.16
  Changed version number to '2.0' to avoid confusion with version numbering in 3.23
mysql-test/r/distinct.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/insert.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/insert_select.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/join_outer.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/mix_innodb_myisam_binlog.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/order_by.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/rpl000009.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/rpl_log.result:
  Updated results for merge
mysql-test/r/select_safe.result:
  Updated results for merge
scripts/mysql_install_db.sh:
  Change -eq to =
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-ins000001.test~2428ee5c9b1bc483:
  dummy

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sql/slave.h b/sql/slave.h
index b52648005d3..05cf7a23b0f 100644
--- a/sql/slave.h
+++ b/sql/slave.h
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ typedef struct st_relay_log_info
   /*
     Handling of the relay_log_space_limit optional constraint.
     ignore_log_space_limit is used to resolve a deadlock between I/O and SQL
-    threads, it makes the I/O thread temporarily forget about the constraint
+    threads, the SQL thread sets it to unblock the I/O thread and make it
+    temporarily forget about the constraint.
   */
   ulonglong log_space_limit,log_space_total;
   bool ignore_log_space_limit;
@@ -478,9 +479,9 @@ int start_slave_thread(pthread_handler h_func, pthread_mutex_t* start_lock,
 int mysql_table_dump(THD* thd, const char* db,
 		     const char* tbl_name, int fd = -1);
 
-/* retrieve non-exitent table from master */
+/* retrieve table from master and copy to slave*/
 int fetch_master_table(THD* thd, const char* db_name, const char* table_name,
-		       MASTER_INFO* mi, MYSQL* mysql);
+		       MASTER_INFO* mi, MYSQL* mysql, bool overwrite);
 
 void table_rule_ent_hash_to_str(String* s, HASH* h);
 void table_rule_ent_dynamic_array_to_str(String* s, DYNAMIC_ARRAY* a);